AlJazeera Video-Νews:Bulgarian parties struggle to form government .

The conservative GERB party of Bulgaria's former prime minister Boyko Borisov has received the most votes in a weekend parliamentary poll, but fell far short of a majority, according to partial official results.

The party, which won 31.4 percent of the vote in Sunday's election, according to partial results released on Monday, will have first chance to form a government.


Tackling the housing shortage in larger French cities was at the centre of President Francois Hollande's election campaign promises last year.

Since taking office, his government has been trying to identify disused buildings that could be converted into public housing.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Paris.


Official results are expected later on Monday - but this is what the balance of power looks like right now, based on unofficial count.

Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party has 130 of the 342-seat national assembly.
President Asif Ali Zardari's PPP secured 33 seats and former cricketer Imran Khan's PTI party just behind with 29.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna discusses Pakistan poll's unofficial results from islamabad.